6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts
(/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a
setuid program on a remote NFS server.
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | Ubuntu ships autofs 4, and /etc/auto.net contains the nosuid option |